QuakeCon 2015 is underway in Dallas, Texas and news is starting to trickle out of it. The first bit of interest to almost everyone is that Bethesda's hit mobile game Fallout Shelter for iOS will finally be coming it Android devices... next month.

The iOS version of the game was released during the Electronic Entertainment Expo last month in Los Angeles on the Apple App Store. The game is a free-to-play vault management game where players control every aspect of a bona fide Vault-Tec vault and all of its inhabitants.

In a release dated June 4, 2015 UK regulatory agency the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed that it has referred three online games to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to consider whether to launch investigations. The games, which were not revealed in the release, are being looked into specifically for questionable marketing of in-app micro-purchases aimed at children/their parents.

Back in July of 2010 the world's largest games retailer GameStop bought indie games portal Kongregate. Now it seems to be finally doing something with it beyond its original intended purpose (to promote and house awesome indie games and foster a community around them - which it has been pretty successful at).

GamesBeat is exclusively reporting on a proposed and (as of this writing) secret proposal that Facebook is considering that would change the way user data for mobile advertising is handled on the social media platform.

Gamasutra is reporting that as many as 100 employees have been laid off from mobile game publisher and developer Gameloft's New York City offices and that the end game is to close the office completely. A Gameloft representative refused to address the story directly when solicited by Gamasutra.

Electronic Arts has appointed a new head of its mobile division, according to Seeking Alpha. Samantha Ryan has been appointed as the new head of EA Mobile, according to a new SEC filing by the company.

The Pokémon Company plans on bringing Pokémon Shuffle to iOS and Android-based mobile phones. The news comes from a freshly released trailer showing off the game playing on mobile devices and highlighting some of its phone-specific features.

According to data collected through a new TIGA survey of "new" British game developers, there appears to be a trend towards making games more for the PC. According to the trade group representing British game developers, more than half of all new developers launched in the UK during 2014 are primarily focused on the PC, showing that some are moving away from mobile game development. Around 52 percent of British games companies started in 2014 are focused on the PC, versus 35 percent on mobile.

Apple isn't admitting that it didn't anything wrong when it pulled a bunch of historical games from the Apple App store yesterday because they featured the confederate flag, but according to this TechCrunch report, the company is working with developers to reinstate them as we type this.

According to what an Apple rep. tells TechCrunch, they only meant to remove games that use the flag in a way that promotes hate or harm.

Bethesda Softworks gleefully announced this morning that Fallout Shelter – the company's free-to-play iOS app set in Fallout universe - is the top downloaded game in 48 countries and the top downloaded app of any kind in 25 countries following its release last week. Fallout Shelter also remains the number 1 most downloaded free game on the App Store. In the first week following its release, play sessions of Fallout Shelter have surpassed 70 million times a day by fans globally, according to Bethesda.

Game design students at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois have released a mobile game to show the effects of blood sugar imbalances in those with type 2 diabetes. The game is called Coco’s Cove, and puts players in control of a cute little monkey in a multi-level puzzle game that illustrates the ups and downs of someone diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. A subtle gameplay mechanic changes how the player moves through the level in a light-hearted, amusing way.

XPRIZE announced this morning that it is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to launch a $7 million global competition to develop mobile applications for adults that will cause the "greatest increase in literacy skills in just 12 months."

Mojang’s popular world building game Minecraft continues to dominate the iOS charts, taking the number one slots on the iPhone and iPad Top Ten best-selling game charts for the week ending May 18, according to MCV.

Mojang's hit mobile game managed to beat out Snowman’s Alto’s Adventure on both charts for the week.

Former Rovio head of games Jami Laes has revealed the "other opportunities" he decided to pursue after he left the Angry Birds maker in January. Laes has launched a new mobile gaming company called Futureplay Games, with plans to develop games that focus on the "view-to-play" model for monetization. "View-to-play" gives players access to gameplay after watching monetized video ads.

Laes thinks this approach to monetization will be easier for players to accept.

Mobile games publisher GREE has shut down its Vancouver studio, according to a tweet from GREE Vancouver's studio head, Steve Lin highlighted in this Gamasutra report - as well as a blog post from GREE International COO Andrew Sheppard.

MCV reports that UK-based mobile game developer Space Ape has released its second title, a strategy game called Rival Kingdoms. The most interesting aspect of the game is that game scribe Rhianna Pratchett lent her pen to the work. You may know her better for her writing in such high profile game titles as Tomb Raider (2013), Mirror’s Edge, Thief, Heavenly Sword, Prince of Persia and the Overlord series.

Mobile analytics firm App Annie announced today that it has acquired Vancouver-based competitor Mobidia for an undisclosed amount of money and stock. In a blog post announcing the deal, App Annie said that the acquisition will help it expand its reach deeper into international markets though the integration of data and talent from Mobidia.

In an article entitled "The 2048 guys stole my iPhone game" over on Medium, indie mobile developer and Palette L.L.C. founder Matt Akins (who is also the founder of Tapped, "an online community built around iOS game development education") tells the harrowing tale of how he sought help with promoting an iOS game only to have it (allegedly) stolen by Paris-based mobile publisher Ketchapp.

Two games featuring former NBA all-star Shaquiille O'Neal have been released for mobile devices and Facebook via MyVegas apps. O'Neal is the latest celebrity to get in the business of releasing a self-branded game, joining the likes of Kim Kardashian and other stars who want to cash in on the mobile and social gaming space. O'Neal's two games are "CaddyShaq," and "ShaqJack" - both were developed by PlayStudio for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and Facebook.

Apparently NBC Late Night host Jimmy Fallon is in the business of making games for iOS platforms. Fallon's first game through his freshly revealed company Sparklehorse is called Tedzy for iOS devices. The goal of the game is to collect feathers for Tedzy’s pillow so he can get a good night's sleep. The game is free to download and play.

Tedzy is an arcade game where the title character travels down dream roads to collect feathers. Tedzy can jump, spin from road to road and collect power-ups.

New data from App Annie suggests that China is now the leader in iOS app downloads for the first quarter of 2015. China is followed by the U.S., Japan, the UK, and Russia. Only the U.S. and China saw any movement during the quarter. App Annie's data shows that the launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China is responsible for the big shift in iOS app downloads.

After securing a major deal with Nintendo to bring popular IPs to mobile devices, DeNA has decided to initiate some layoffs at one of its Canadian development studios, according to GamesBeat. The first signs that something serious was going on at the DeNA Vancouver studio was when David Phan, the product manager at DeNA Studios Canada revealed on Twitter that he and other employees were let go.

Nexon has acquired Boolean Games, GII reports. Boolean is best known for developing the Dark Avenger series of games. In total the series has enjoyed 30 million downloads worldwide since its launch in May, 2013. The first Dark Avengers game has earned around $1 million in revenue to-date. The sequel, Darkness Reborn, was launched in November of 2014 and has been downloaded 10 million times.

Social casino games and cash tournament company GSN Games has acquired social casino game studio rival Idle Gaming. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. GSN Games said in a press release announcing the deal today that the acquisition adds both "high-quality talent and mobile platform technologies that support GSN Games’ long-term strategic growth."

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata insisted in a Q&A session (translated to English) following the major announcement last week about entering the mobile space that his company was not pressured into bringing its IP to an outside platform. But last year a large block of investors pushed hard for Nintendo to brings its IP to the lucrative mobile space - a suggestion the company strongly resisted at the time.

Yesterday we reported on artist Kevin Konrad Hanna's claims that mobile gaming giant Kabam copied elements from his graphic novel, "Creature Academy: The Legacy," when it repurposed the Korean mobile game "Taming Monster" (originally developed by South Korean mobile games company Netmarble Games Corp.) and re-released it under the name Creature Academy in North America.

Sword and Tower game-maker Lilith Games (also known in Shanghai as Lilith Technology) is suing game developer uCool of Menlo Park, California in federal court, claiming that the company's mobile game Heroes Charge violates its copyrights. Court documents for the case were not available as of this writing. The civil case was filed in the California Northern District Court and seeks a jury trial. The case (Lilith Games Co. Ltd. v. uCool, Inc. et al) has been assigned to District Court Judge Donna M. Ryu.

Nintendo announced today at a press conference in Japan that it has partnered with Japanese mobile game company DeNA to develop and deploy games for smart phones and tablets that utilize Nintendo's vast library of intellectual properties. Nintendo has been, up until now, resistant to put its IP on platforms it doesn't own, but it's likely that big shareholders have finally forced the company to see the light.

Infophile: @Matt: Apparently Dan Aykroyd actually is involved. We don't know how yet, though, but he's apparently going to be in the movie in some way.08/02/2015 - 4:17am

Mattsworkname: I still hold that not having the origonal cast invovled in any way hurts this movie, and unless the 4 actresses in the lead roles can some how measure up to the comic timing of the origonal cast, i just don't see it being a success08/02/2015 - 12:46am

Mattsworkname: Mecha: regardless of what you think of it, GB 2 was a finanical success and for it time did well with audiances ,even if it wasnt as popular as the first08/02/2015 - 12:45am

MechaTama31: I think they're better off trying to do something different, than trying to be exactly the same and having every little difference held up as a shortcoming. Uncanny valley.08/01/2015 - 11:57pm

MechaTama31: Having the original cast didn't do much for... that pink-slimed atrocity which we must never speak of.08/01/2015 - 11:56pm

Mattsworkname: Andrew: If the new ghostbusters bombs, I cant help but feel it'll be cause it removed the origonal cast and changed the formula to much08/01/2015 - 8:31pm

Andrew Eisen: Not the best look but that appears to be a PKE meter hanging from McCarthy's belt.08/01/2015 - 7:34pm

Mattsworkname: You know what game is a lot of fun? rocket league. It' s a soccer game thats actually fun to play cause your A Freaking CAR!08/01/2015 - 7:02pm

Mattsworkname: Nomad colossus did a little video about it, showing the world and what can be explored in it's current form. It's worth a look, and he uses text for commentary as not to break the immerison08/01/2015 - 5:49pm

Mattsworkname: I feel some more mobility would have made it more interesting and I feel that a larger more diverse landscape with better graphiscs would help, but as a concept, it interests me08/01/2015 - 5:48pm

Andrew Eisen: Huh. I guess I'll have to check out a Let's Play to get a sense of the game.08/01/2015 - 5:47pm

Mattsworkname: It did, I found the idea of exploring a world at it's end, exploring the abandoned city of a disappeared alien race and the planets various knooks and crannies intriqued me.08/01/2015 - 5:46pm

Andrew Eisen: Did it appeal to you? If so, what did you find appealing?08/01/2015 - 5:43pm

Mattsworkname: Its an interesting concept, but it's not gonna appeal to everyone thats for sure,08/01/2015 - 5:40pm

Andrew Eisen: That sounds horrifically boring. Doesn't sound like an interesting use of its time dilation premise either. 08/01/2015 - 5:36pm